Documentary Short
In Pursuit of Pain
Ten years after missing the cutoff by 28 minutes, one runner returns to finish the “world’s hardest race.”
In 2005, Jackie Brown attempted to run the “world’s hardest race”, the Badwater 135. She competed at the race but missed the 48-hour official-finish cutoff by 28 minutes. Crushed, she was determined to come back and become an official finisher. However, soon after the race, her mother, father, and husband passed away.
10 years later, Jackie is ready to try, once again, to finish the Badwater 135. In Pursuit of Pain is a story of loss, heartbreak, and persevering through the emotional and physical pain of life. Watch as she is dealt just about the cruelest hand life could give her, and charges forward to follow her goals.